Ralph Bottriell
Ralph W. Bottriell (1885 – December 26, 1943) was the first United States of America, American military member to jump from an aircraft using a manually operated backpack parachute. Bottriell was considered "the dean of parachute jumpers" and made over 500 jumps. Life Bottriell performed his first parachute jump in Nashville, Michigan, at the age of 16. He enlisted in the United States Army, U.S. Army in 1917. On May 19, 1919, Bottriell jumped from a U.S. Army airplane in McCook Field, McCook Field, Ohio, using a backpack parachute he designed. It featured a "D" ring which allowed the jumper to open the parachute at will. This parachute design was credited with being the forerunner for parachutes developed later by the United States Air Force, U.S. Air Force. He made his last jump in 1927 at the Brooks Air Force Base in Texas, where he was a parachute instructor. Bottriell received the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States), Distinguished Flying Cross in 1932. At the tim ...
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